title: [What did bachelard mean by "applied rationalism" ?].
abstract: Bachelard was concerned with the processes whereby scientific knowledge is acquired, including the activity of knowing subjects. He did not equate reasoning with logic but rather argued that reasoning resulted from the use of mathematics in organizing both thought and experimental practices, which is why he conceived science as applied mathematics. This had material and technical implications, for Bachelard was concerned with the element of reason inherent in technical materialism as well as the concrete reality inherent in applied rationalism.
authors.affiliation: , , mtiles@hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiles